Brief History of the Gion Festival
Ad
TAGS
Download or edit the free picture Brief History of the Gion Festival for GIMP online editor. It is an image that is valid for other graphic or photo editors in OffiDocs such as Inkscape online and OpenOffice Draw online or LibreOffice online by OffiDocs.
The roots of the Gion Festival or matsuri reach to 869 C.E.. At that time, a terrible plague spread throughout the city, killing many people. Then, as now, July in Kyoto was extremely hot, very humid, and prone to torrential downpours. These formed ideal conditions for outbreaks of cholera, dysentery, malaria and other epidemics. Remember, this was before modern medicine and sanitation.Free picture Brief History of the Gion Festival integrated with the OffiDocs web apps
